The 2020 Paulding County Fair is only 4 weeks away. The Senior and Junior Fair Boards have been working on this fair since the close of 2019, then Coronavirus hit. The State of Ohio has been under a stay at home order since March 15th, 2020 and was extended twice to May 29th, 2020. This…
This past weekend the 2019 Flat Rock Creek Fall Festival made way for the best of the autumn season to get off the ground. The Paulding County Fairgrounds was teeming with not only people but with the undeniable aromas of cinnamon, pumpkin, grilling meats and deep-fried specialties only hometown festivals can offer. Flat Rock Creek…
BRYAN, OH — The Touchstone Energy® hot air balloon could be seen floating in the sky and glowing at dusk as it participated in local balloon festivals this summer. Though inclement weather prevented the balloon from leaving the ground at the Montpelier Bean Days Balloon Festival in July, the balloon, sponsored by North Western Electric…
The village of Oakwood will host the annual Oakwood Homecoming in downtown Oakwood, OH over Labor Day weekend, August 31 – September 2, 2019. This year will be the village’s 100th year celebration of this yearly festival. Saturday, August 31: Beginning on Saturday morning with the Oakwood Fire Dept’s breakfast the weekend will be running…
The 2019 Harlan Days commenced this past weekend to much fanfare as the Parade culminated the weekend on Saturday, August 3rd. Many floats, organizations, politicians, and the Grand Marshal and Citizen of the Year were involved in the parade. The kids had a great time on all the rides, and clearly it was easy to…
This weekend is packed full of community family fun. Come out & catch the fun of some awesome Teen & Kid carnival rides, a demo derby soccer, hot air balloon rides, the Famous Free T-Shirt, cruise-in car show, the grand parade, arts/craft & merchant tent, and Harlan Highland Games. Succumb to the festival fever of…
By: Reporter Paige Jones During last week’s fair, the Paulding FFA had many members participate in a variety of activities. This year’s fair was June 8th-15th, with many activities each day. On Monday, several members participated in the annual king and queen contest. Riley Noffsinger was this year’s king, Kalyn Strahley was queen, Shannon Hale…
The Woodburn Lions Club held its annual installation of officers on the evening of Monday June 10th at the Woodburn Community Center. The installation proceedings were preceded by dinner provided by Grant’s Catering of Antwerp. Lion Shane Mumma was sworn in as new President, Lion Monna Gerig as First Vice president, Lion Dan Stauffer (not…
Ed Bohn of the Paulding County EMA was able to get a real storm shelter in time to demonstrate for the Paulding County Fair. Tornadoes have struck close in Dayton and Celina, doing heavy damage. This area is has had notorious storms in the last few years and there is no reason to take a…
Passion will headline SonFest 2019, Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s annual outdoor Christian music festival, on Saturday, Sept. 21. Passion — currently featuring Kristian Stanfill, Melodie Malone and Brett Younker — is a musical outreach of the Passion Movement created by Louie and Shelley Giglio in 1995, to engage 18-25 years old in praise and worship.…
The Paulding County Fair has come and gone for another year and the annual event is a big hit in the county. The fair lasts for 8 days and at the beginning of the week on Monday the parade “opened” taking place from the Grandstand area heading west down the midway to the barns. The…
